Teagan has really done very well this summer.  This is the first summer that transitioning from school, to camp, to summer school and back to camp has been pretty well.  Her tantrums have decreased in the amount of time, but she has now gotten more physical with her peers: hitting and biting.  I wonder sometimes if the divorce has affected emotionally.  There is no way to tell at this point what her emotions are about sleeping at home with me every other weekend and the fact that her daddy is going to have a baby with somebody else.  I think by the new violent behaviors, she is under some stress about her new situations.  I wish I could help her. 

The girls are in sibling therapy with an ABA therapist.  They are doing very well with that.  They are working on expressing their feelings; playing games together that they have to rely on each to win. 

I do highly recommend doing sibling therapy, just so they can start to help each other.  They are on the same team.

The girls are out of school for the summer.  Teagan is doing really well with the change in schedule.  Super happy for her.

Today was our Palm Beach Walk for Autism.  It was a beautiful day!!  The kids had so much fun!!  Teagan sang on stage with her classmates.  Not a dry eye in the house!!  What an amazing event!  You can check out pictures on our photo gallery page.  And if you are interested in purchasing the babushkas (what we wore on our heads), you can go to the link on the home page *Autism Babushkas*.  Each cost $5 and $2.50 of that will be donated to Pinning Down Autism.

The past month or so, Teagan's been going through a behavioral regression.  She is banging her head when she is angry; rocking to soothe herself; spitting; and getting aggressive with anybody that doesn't do what she asks.  We are starting up ABA with her again.  Reintroducing therapies that have worked before helps her to regroup herself.  She might need it for a while or maybe for a short period of time, but she definitely needs it. 

Teagan was up again at 3am.  It is amazing that this really what happens during the full moon. 

Teagan didn't sleep a whole night until she was 5.  Then periodically she wouldn't sleep - maybe for three days here and there.  It was a lot, but we didn't track it.  We were just happy she slept some of the time.  So now that she is 8 we finally figured out that there is a pattern.  She doesn't sleep well when there is a full moon.  I have discussed this with other moms of children with autism.  They also noticed the same thing.  So maybe keep that in mind. 

Can we say, "WOW."  The beginning of the school year has gone so smoothly.  Even with Teagan adding a mainstream class, new homeroom teacher, new mainstream (2nd grade teacher) and a lot more expected of her.  Again, can we say, "WOW."  She has taken everything in stride.